daven

Ah, an AirTag that also listens to your every word and the words of everyone around you. And people complained about tracking by Air Tags.

CheeseFreeze said:

cessnapaul said:

"we love developers" as long as we get a 30% cut.

Just because Karl Benz invented the automobile doesn't mean he gets a cut of every toll road.

Saying Apple deserves a 30% cut of all digital goods because they built the platform is like saying a mall owner deserves a percentage of everything sold in every store, forever, even after the store builds its own loyal customer base and no longer relies on foot traffic.

Sure, Apple built the “mall” - the App Store - and they deserve fair rent for access and discovery. But when Apple blocks tenants from even telling customers that cheaper options exist outside the mall, or forces them to use Apple’s own checkout system, it stops being about fair business and becomes about control.

The real issue isn’t whether Apple should earn money - they already do, handsomely. It’s that they’ve positioned themselves as landlord, tax authority, and competitor all at once. Epic’s win doesn’t mean developers escape costs - it just means they can finally choose how to run their businesses. That’s not freeloading. That’s competition.

And let’s be honest: a free economy isn’t absolute. It needs guardrails. When two companies are the app economy, protecting free markets requires regulation - not just to stop abuse, but to keep the system open for the next generation of creators.

So you are saying I can set up my product booth in Walmart and let people buy my product on the spot directly from me or go outside and pay there without Walmart getting a cut or being able to object. Likewise, if I’m a developer of third party add ons to Epic’s games, they need to host and let me sell my add ons on their website without a cut of my sales.

So Epic is now hosting third party add ons on their website for free?

It really sounds like the judge is not very impartial.

ForumPost said:

I like the last two paragraphs Bill!
Why Is that Tim?

Absolutely Epic, why no Mac version?